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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1320 words (5.28 pages) in the essay titled Tet offensive The Tet offensive was certainly the decisive campaign of the war, but lost in these set of battles was the real underlying reason why the grossly underestimated NLF and North Vietnamese army could actually succeed in this undermanned set of attacks. I think the real success of this campaign was not the effectiveness and the planning of the NLF and NV army, but the lack of preparation of the US forces. The NLF and NV army have received too much credit on this suicide mission. The credit should actually be on the blundering groundwork of the US and how they did not realize, from Vietnamese history, the vicious repercussions of backing the strong people of Vietnam into a corner.Ignorance is perhaps the single most effective way to lose a war (perhaps demonstrated in our own revolutionary war). A quick glance into the history of Vietnam and one would know that this enemy is not to be taken lightly. They have faced amazing odds and great opposition throughout their history, defeating countries like China (on multiple occasions), France, and numerous other Indonesian countries. War is etched in many, if not most of the pages in Vietnam?s history. In early 1968, General Westmoreland perceived the end of the war to be arriving soon, and the US walking out the victor. He stated that, ?The friendly picture gives rise to optimism for increased successes in 1968? (Gettleman 1995, 339). That was perhaps the summation of why the US lost the Vietnam War. One might question, howe... |
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